A head-on crash Thursday morning in Northbridge between an SUV and a landscaping truck sent both drivers to the hospital with serious injuries, authorities said.

The crash happened around 8 a.m. on a bending stretch of Quaker Street. An hour later, an accident reconstruction team was working the scene still trying to determine exactly what happened.

The driver of the SUV, a Ford Explorer, died, a Northbridge police officer told the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Lt. Timothy Labrie told the paper that the SUV drifted out of its lane without braking.

The driver of the landscaping truck was also seriously hurt and was taken to a local hospital, said Northbridge Fire Chief Gary Nestor.

The drivers' names were not immediately available.

Quaker Street is a two-lane road that sees a lot of traffic during the morning and evening commute, as drivers use it to get to nearby I-495 to get to work in Boston and elsewhere, Nestor said.

Neighbors at the scene said they heard a loud bang, and saw the drivers being helped from the wreckage.